Combined kitchen-cabinet and cupboard.



G. F. WBLGE. GOMBINED KITCHEN CABINET AND CUPBOARD. APPLIOATION FILEDJAN. 29, 1912. 1,046,242. Patented Dec.3, 1912.

R m Z N. M k f h ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO.,WASHINOTON, D. :4

WITNESSES CHARLES F. WELGE, OF CHESTER,

ILLINOIS.

COMBINED KITCHEN-CABINET AND CUPBOARD.

Application filed January 29, 1912.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. WVELGE, a citizen of the United States,and residing at Chester, in the county of Randolph and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and Improved Combined Kitchen-Cabinet andCupboard, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspecification.

My invention provides an improved article of kitchen furniturecomprising a cabinet especially adapted to removably support, by its topframe, a superposed cupboard which may vary as to its size and design.

In carrying out my invention the permanent features of the cupboard areso arranged as to permit of the lower portion of the cupboard receivingand supporting a hinged lid provided on the cabinet. The lid forms thecover for a flour bin and for a kneading board which is solidlysupported below the lid and conveniently located with respect to theflour bin.

Other distinctive features of the invention will appear from the morespecific description hereinafter to be given in connection with theillustrated example.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a front View of my improved combination cabinet andcupboard, showing the door of the cabinet raised, a portion of the frontof the cabinet being broken away; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section onthe line 22 of Fig. 1.

The cabinet is designated by the numeral 10, the cupboard by the numeral11. The cabinet is in general of rectangular form, and comprises a back12, a front 13, and sides as usual, and it is provided also with athree-sided top frame consisting of a back member 14 and side members15, the latter extending forwardly t0 the front. In the space formed bythe said top frame I provide a lid 16 which is hinged to the front edgeof the back member 14, to swing upward. The lid 16 is in practicecovered with metal and serves as a general work board, which forms inthe lowered position, a complete closure for the open top of thecabinet.

Below the lid 16 the cabinet is formed with a kneading board 17, whichextends the full depth of the cabinet between the back Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3,1912.

Serial No. 673,970.

and front, and from one side, as at the left, to a point short of theopposite side of the cabinet, as shown in Fig. 2, to a junction with avertical wall 18 forming one side of a flour bin 19 that is open at thetop. There is a free space extending beneath the lid 16 over thekneading board 17, so that said lid extends over the flour bin andkneading board, and affords access to both when the lid 16 is raised.The space between the lid and the kneading board accommodates inpractice, such utensils as a rolling pin, cake cutter, etc. The one endof the kneading board marks the height of the flour-bin, and thearrangement is such that flour can be conveniently dipped from the binand deposited on the board.

The cabinet may be provided with any convenient arrangement of closets,drawers, etc., beneath the kneading board and the flour bin, as forexample, a closet 20, and drawers 21, 22 and 23.

The cupboard 11 is of a depth considerably less than that of thecabinet, and is supported at the back of the latter, the back 24 of thecupboard being preferably alined with the back 12 of the cabinet, andresting on the back strip 14 of the top frame. Any suitable joint member25 at the back of the two structures may be provided. The sides 26 ofthe cupboard are received on and supported by the side members 15 of thetop frame of the cabinet, and extend forward on said side strips adistance beyond the back strip 14, so that the lid 16 when raised, willswing upward within the lower portion of the cupboard. On the back 24,at the bottom, a shelf 27 is secured, and preferably this shelf is inalinement with the bottom of the cupboard so as to be received on theback strip 14 and thereby aid in giving stability to the cupboard whenin position. There is a second shelf 28 on the back-board 24, above theshelf 27, and of less width than the lower shelf so that the lid 16 mayswing beyond the vertical center and receive support against the frontedge of the upper shelf.

The cupboard may be fitted with any suitable arrangement of shelves,drawers, etc., above the space in which the lid 16 is received.

By the construction shown it will be apparent that the lid 16 affords aprotective covering for the flour bin and kneading board in the interestof cleanliness, and also afiords a convenient work board that may bequickly raised and swung out of the way within the cupboard to permitconvenient use of the kneading board and flour bin.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent p A kitchen cabinet having a top frame extending atthe back and the two sides of the cabinet, and a cupboard having itsback supported on the back member of the top frame of the cabinet, andits sides extending along the side members of the top frame of thecabinet, the said cupboard having a shelf in the plane of the bottom ofthe cupboard and the cabinet having a bin at one end, the bin being openat the top, a partition forming one side of the bin, a fixed kneadingboard secured at one of its side edges at the top of the mentionedpartition and the other side edge secured to a side of the cabinet,compartments beneath the said kneading copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,7

board opening at the front of the cabinet, and a lid on the cabinet infront of the men tioned shelf of the cupboard, the said lid being hingedto the rear member of the top frame and extending between the two sidemembers to completely close the space formed by the said top frame, thehinged edge of the lid being within the side walls of the cupboard, thefront of the cabinet rising above the kneading board and forming a rigidmember above said board and constituting a rest for the outer edge ofthe hinged lid when the latter is in the horizontal position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES F. WELGE.

lVitnesses HERMAN E. GILs'rER, RUDOLPH VVELGE.

Washington, D. C. Y

